Obituaries
Local Obituaries for La Cygne, Pleasanton, Mound City, & Surrounding Areas
Raymond Finland
May 13, 2008
Raymond Joseph Finland, 85, of Pleasanton, Kansas died Tuesday, May 14, 2008 at Mercy Hospital, Fort Scott, Kansas. He was born June 14, 1922 in Dixon, Illinois, the son of Raymond P. and Eva Brown Finland. He married Juanita L. "Peg" Dulin, January 1989. Raymond worked as a shipping and receiving clerk for Bristol-Myers Squibb, prior to his retirement. He...
Linda Senkevech
May 12, 2008
Linda Sue Senkevech, age 60, of LaCygne, Kansas died Monday May 12, 2008 at the Olathe Medical Center in Olathe, Kansas. She was born on July 20, 1947 in Fort Scott, Kansas the daughter of Howard Senkevech and Dawn Overstreet. She was a member of the Calvary Baptist Church and the Linn County Democratic Party. She is survived by her...
Wilma Johnston
May 4, 2008
Wilma Belle Johnston, 80, of Blue Mound, Kansas, died Sunday, May 4, 2008 at her home. She was born July 24, 1927 in Farlinville, Kansas, the daughter of Walter and Nettie Giles Cobbs. She graduated from Blue Mound High School. She was married to Paul Johnston on February 18, 1945 at Fort Scott, Kansas. He preceded her in death on...
Claude Adcox
May 1, 2008
Claude William Adcox, age 60, of Osawatomie Kansas died Thursday May 1, 2008 at Indian Meadows in Overland Park, Kansas. He was born on September 15, 1947 in Kansas City, Kansas the son of Charles Ray and Letha Mae McCord Adcox. He was raised by his second parents Dearel and Helen Adcox. He married Mickey VanVlack Shurtz on May 31,...
Viola Levering
Apr 30, 2008
Viola Ruth Mundell Levering, age 93, died Wednesday, April 30, 2008 at the Country View Nursing Home, Prescott, Kansas. She was born March 4, 1915 at Richwoods, Missouri to George & Henrietta Mayor Turntine. She was married to Howard Darius Mundell April 14, 1935. They lived in the Centerville and Garnett areas the majority of their life. Viola enjoyed making...
William Nelson
Apr 29, 2008
William Hobart Nelson, age 84, died April 29, 2008 at his home in LaCygne, Kansas following a two year battle with lung cancer. He was born September 8, 1923 to John Earl and Harriett Louise Hill Nelson in Drexel, Missouri where he lived until he joined the United States Navy in March 1943. He served his country on Manus Island...
Elmer Mclaughlin
Apr 28, 2008
Elmer "Wilgus" McLaughlin Jr., age 87, of Iola, Kansas formerly of Mound City, Kansas died Monday April 28, 2008 at the Allen County Hospital in Iola, Kansas. He was born on January 23, 1921 in Blue Mound, Kansas the son of Elmer Wilgus and Alice Pauline Thyer McLaughlin. He was an Army Veteran of World War II, serving in the...
Norman Rothrock
Apr 27, 2008
Norman Franklin Rothrock Jr., "Rocky", age 54, of LaCygne, Kansas died Sunday April 27, 2008. He was born April 25, 1954 at Manhattan, Kansas the son of Norman Franklin and Marcia A. Manson Rothrock. He worked as a machinist for Kansas City Power & Light for the past twenty years. He was a member of the IBEW, Ducks Unlimited, NRA,...
Karen Mcquitty
Apr 22, 2008
Karen L. McQuitty, 66, of Roeland park, Kansas, died Tuesday, April 22, 2008 at Shawnee Mission Medical Center, Merriam, Kansas. She was born July 27, 1941 in Kansas City, Kansas, the daughter of Eddie and Marjorie Umphenour Black. She was employed as head of payroll with Yellow Freight in Overland Park, Kansas. She was preceded in death by her father,...
Mary Sylvester
Apr 20, 2008
Mary Eugene "Jean" Sylvester, age 101, of Pleasanton, Kansas died Sunday April 20, 2008 at Mercy Health Center in Fort Scott, Kansas. Jean was born on October 13, 1906 in Butler County, Kansas the daughter of Fred and Minnie Ann Cox Knapp. She worked at Pratt &Whitney during World War II and later at Braemoor in Pleasanton. She was married...
Donna Obrien
Apr 11, 2008
Donna Jean O`Brien, 67, of Pleasanton, Kansas died Friday, April 11, 2008 at her home. She was born December 5, 1940 in Kansas City, Kansas, the daughter of Wesley W. and Eula G. Doughrty Sanford. She was a homemaker. Donna was preceded in death by a daughter, Debbie Roberson in 2005; a granddaughter, Jewell Cox in 2000; Oliver Jack Spickler...
Lenora Vanvlack
Apr 6, 2008
LENORA BELL "TOBY" SMITH Van VLACK OF LACYGNE, KANSAS DIED SUNDAY APRIL 6, 2008 AT HER HOME IN LACYGNE. TOBY WAS BORN DECEMBER 27, 1934 TO JOE AND LENORA "PEACHY" SMITH. SHE WAS ONE OF SIX CHILDREN. SHE GREW UP IN LOUISBURG, KANSAS. ON MAY 20, 1950 SHE WAS MARRIED TO LOREN VAN VLACK. THEY MADE THEIR HOME IN THE...
Pearl Johnson
Apr 6, 2008
Pearl Marie Johnson, Prescott, Kansas died Sunday, April 6, 2008 at the Prescott Countryview Nursing Home, Prescott. She was born August 6, 1920 in Prescott, Kansas the daughter of Charles and Dorcas Bradshaw Holmes. She graduated from Prescott High School in 1939. She married Robert Willard Johnson on September 14, 1941 at Mound City, Kansas. Marie and Bobby lived all...
Orville Barnes
Apr 4, 2008
Orville "George" Barnes, age 75, Osawatomie, Kansas, died Friday April 4, 2008 at the Life Care Center in Osawatomie. He was born in Worth, Missouri on October 11, 1932 the son of Orville A. and Yvonne E. Wray Barnes. He was a Navy Veteran serving in the Korean Conflict. He owned and operated a barber shop in Kansas City, Kansa...
Zelma Foote
Mar 27, 2008
Zelma Lucinda Foote, 89, of Hume, Missouri, died Thursday, March 27, 2008 at Country View Nursing Home, Prescott, Kansas. She was born November 5, 1918 in Hume, Missouri, the daughter of Ira Roland and Emily May Lee Davidson. She married Paul Kenneth Foote on December 30, 1937 at Mound City, Kansas. He preceded her in death May 16, 2006. Zelma...
Warren Graham
Mar 25, 2008
Warren Graham, 91, of Mound City, Kansas, died on Tuesday, March 25, 2008, at the North Point nursing home in Paola, Kansas. Warren was born March 2, 1917, in Gering, Nebraska, to his parents Tolbert H. and Verda E. (Kelly) Graham. After moving to northwest Arkansas as a young boy he was raised among a beloved group of 29 cousins...
Melba Cornelius
Mar 25, 2008
Melba Maxine Reinke-Cornelius, age 81, of LaCygne, Kansas died Tuesday March 25, 2008 at Olathe Medical Center, Olathe, Kansas. She was born March 29, 1926 in Boicourt, Kansas the daughter of Lawrence and Edna Reinke. She graduated from LaCygne High School in 1944. She worked with the United Ladies Garment Workers Union. Melba also was a Union Liaison officer for...
Vivian Coon
Mar 21, 2008
Vivian Edna Coon, 89, passed away at Mercy Health Center, Fort Scott, Kansas on Good Friday, March 21, 2008. A former resident of Mound City, Kansas, she had been residing at the Residencies of Pleasanton since May, 2006. Vivian was born at Farlinville, Kanas, the fourth child of Berton VanBuren Johnson and Edna Pearl Masters Johnson on March 17, 1919....
Pamela Sayers
Mar 19, 2008
Pamela Paige Johnson Sayers, 42, of Olathe, Kansas, died Wednesday, March 19, 2008 at Olathe Medical Center. She was born July 1, 1965 in Fort Scott, Kansas, the daughter of Richard and Carol Huckaby Johnson. She married Thomas Sayers in 1988 at Roeland Park, Kansas. She was employed as a receptionist for Autism Asperger Publishing Company in Olathe. She was...
James Amer
Mar 14, 2008
James L. "Jim" Amer, age 73, Mound City, Kansas died Friday March 14, 2008 at St Joseph Medical Center in Kansas City, Missouri. He was born on October 24, 1934 at Mound City, Kansas the son of Lawrence and Beulah Johnson Amer. He married Rose Darlene Christopher on January 31, 1960. He worked for the Kansas Highway Department for twenty...
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